Webster's Dictionary 1913

2377

Graduate (3)

Grad″u‐ate (?), n. [LL. graduatus, p. p. of graduare to admit to a degree, fr. L. gradus grade. See Grade, n.] 1. One who has received an academical or professional degree; one ...

2378

Graduate (4)

Grad″u‐ate, a. [See Graduate, n. & v.] Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated.Beginning with the genus, passing through all the graduateand subordinate stages. Tatham.

2379

Graduated

Grad″u‐a″ted (?), a. 1. Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into grades.2. (Zoöl.) Tapered; — said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the othe...

2380

Graduateship

Grad″u‐ate‐ship, n. State of being a graduate. Milton.

2381

Graduation

Grad″u‐a″tion (?), n.1. The act of graduating, or the state of being graduated; as, graduation of a scale; graduation at a college; graduation in color; graduation by evaporatio...

2382

Graduator

Grad″u‐a″tor (?), n. 1. One who determines or indicates graduation; as, a graduator of instruments.2. An instrument for dividing any line, right or curve, into small, regular in...

2383

Gradus

‖Gra″dus (?), n. A dictionary of prosody, designed as an aid in writing Greek or Latin poetry.He set to work... without gradus or other help. T. Hughes.

2384

Graf

‖Graf (?), n. [G. Cf. -grave.] A German title of nobility, equivalent to earl in English, or count in French. See Earl.

2385

Graff

Graff (?), n. [OE. grafe, greife, greive. Cf. Margrave.] A steward; an overseer.is nothing but a servant, overseer, or graff, and not the head, which is a title belonging only t...

2386

Graff (2)

Graffn. & v. See Graft.

2387

Graffage

Graff″age (?), n. [Cf. Grave, n.] The scarp of a ditch or moat. “To clean the graffages.” Miss Mitford.

2388

Graffer

Graf″fer (?), n.(Law.) a notary or scrivener. Bouvier.

2389

Graffiti

‖Graf‐fi″ti (?), n. pl. [It., pl. of graffito scratched] Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii.

2390

Graffito

Graf‐fi″to (?), n. [It., fr. graffio a scratching.] (Art) Production of decorative designs by scratching them through a surface of layer plaster, glazing, etc., revealing a diff...

2391

Graft

Graft (?), n. [OE. graff, F. greffe, originally the same word as OF. grafe pencil, L. graphium, Gr. �, �, fr. � to write; prob. akin to E. carve. So named from the resemblance o...

2392

Graft (2)

Graft, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Grafted; p. pr. & vb. n.Grafting.] [F. greffer. See Graft, n.] 1. To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in...

2393

Graft (3)

Graft, v. i. To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.

2394

Graft (4)

Graft, n. [Prob. orig. so called because illegitimate or improper profit was looked upon as a graft, or sort of excrescence, on a legitimate business undertaking, in distinction...

2395

Graftage

Graft″age (?), n.(Hort.) The science of grafting, including the various methods of practice and details of operation.

2396

Grafter

Graft″er (?), n. 1. One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting.2. An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.3. The original tree from which a...

2397

Grafting

Graft″ingn. 1. (Hort.) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.2. (Naut.) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.3. (Surg.) The transplanting of a p...

2398

Graham bread

Gra″ham bread″ (?). [From Sylvester Graham, a lecturer on dietetics.] Bread made of unbolted wheat flour. Bartlett.

2399

Grahamite

Gra″ham‐ite (?), n. [See Graham bread.] One who follows the dietetic system of Graham.

2400

Grail

Grail (?), n. [OF. greel, LL. gradale. See Gradual, n.] A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual. T. Warton.Such as antiphonals, missals, grails, processionals,...

2401

Grail (2)

Grail, n. [OF. graal, greal, greet, F. graal, gréal, LL. gradalis, gradale, prob. derived fr. L. crater bowl, mixing vessel, Gr. κρατήρ. See Crater.] A broad, open dish; a chali...

2402

Grail (3)

Grail, n. [F. grêle hail, from grÉs grit, OHG. griex, grioz, G. gries, gravel, grit. See Grit.] Small particles of earth; gravel.Lying down upon the sandy grail.Spenser.

2403

Grail (4)

Grail (grāl), n. [Cf. OF. graite slender, F. grête.] One of the small feathers of a hawk.